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If you had used Zaino, you woulda had chicks stopping and asking for your phone number

If wax is all you have going for you you have problems! HaHaHaHaHa! :p

Cars never seemed to give me much luck in the booty department. I had better luck with my old Pepsi uniform!

Farking arseholes made me give all those shirts back!

For both sides of Zaino vs. everything else war, stop using pictures. Pictures lie and hide many defects. The particular camera and lighting can change how the pictures turn out.

ExtremeLX,

I don't get into attacking any products. Every product has its purpose otherwise it wouldn't sell. However, I believe you are quite lacking in your knowedlge and/or experience with Zaino products. I wouldn't be surprised if you are as ignorant about detailing as some other "professional detailers." It doesn't matter how long you have been doing it.

None of Zaino paint products are abrasive. The sealants are best used when the paint is in perfect condition. So, ideally Zaino users have to use buffers and rubbing compounds anyway. Ther eis noi replacement for them - notice Perry's post within the last couple weeks. It's called preparation and there are a lot of good products from various brands. I use 3M and am pleased with the products I have used. Are there better? Maybe, but I don't slander other products because what I used and like must be the best for everyone else under all circumstances.

"Paying out of your ass for this [explitive]"

One bottle of Z1 and a bottle of Z2 is all that is required and costs a whole $22. The bottle of Z2 lasts typical users between 20-30 coats. Z1 is used once per year or every 10 coats. I don't see how that is expensive. I have paid $10 for other brands of wax in the stores only to get fewer coats.

Sealant vs. wax:
The resulting look is distictly different. Some prefer the classic carnuba look, especially on dark color cars. Some like the mirror-like finish of the sealants. Take a look at this for a little more and then the forums at www.autopia-carport.com already mentioned. There are strenghs for each which means users have a choice depending on how it fits their detailing needs.

You have clearly showed your ignorance about Zaino products. If you like what you use and it fits your needs, great! I like to see perfect looking cars. But do not say all other products are junk.

Everyone, Use what you like. Like what you use. Then STFU. Provide tips, tricks, info and experiences, but quit with the supiriority compelexes!

That's because your car probably looks like crap.

And obviously, you give a f*ck or you wouldn't have posted a dozen responses defending zaino.

I think the marketing that benefits zaino the most is peer pressure. It seem to be working wonders on this site.

This all comes down to opinion.

What's wrong with his opinion? He hasn't spent 4 hours on the internet looking for light refraction studies of zaino products (which is certainly not beyond some of the no-lifes on this board), he's spent over a decade fixing people's land rovers/ BMWs/ Mercedes and performing frame-off restorations on vintage jaguars.

But he can't possible voice an opinion :rolleyes:

Bingo! That's one of my major points with Zaino. I'm sure I could get the car to look as good with another product, but I've yet to come across one that protects the finish as long. My car gets baked everyday out here in Phoenix and I Zaino it maybe 2-3 times/year. Like Rara said, it's very concentrated as well. I've put 3 coats on my car and 2 on another CEGer's and used maybe 3 oz. of the stuff.

I worked it out before and I think it came out to less than $4/application.

Zaino is talked about on every car forum i visit (too many to name). That says a lot for a company that does not market its product and goes by word of mouth.

It's useless to compare pics on the net. I have two pics of my car taken on the same day, within minutes of each other, at different angles, and the difference is obvious.

I agree it comes down to opinion, which anyone can voice. But, if someone misrepresents any product like Extreme did for Zaino, I expect his opinions to be de-valued. Likewise some of the Zaino zealots that claim it is the best and all else sucks.

If you say so.

I said I don't give a **** re: the shows. Read my post again. Using the 'how many shows have you won' statment is pretty dumb.

Take a look at Tim Kirk's car, and see how many shows he has won or was in the top 3. And aesthetic wise, only thing he has done is blacked out all the chrome trim, and lowered the car.

And? As Sal Zaino himself said, Zaino is a word of mouth business. They don't need to advertise because their stuff is that good. He doens't RELY on the current users to 'convert' others. We try to do it because (not anymore, not worth the hassle to get into these kinds of arguments w/ ignorant people that have never tried the product) because we wanna help people's car look good.

Very much so, but I consider your (not yours per say) opinion assanine if you've never tried the product. It's like talking shiz about Captain Crunch cereal if you've never tried it.

See above.

:rolleyes:

WTF does that have to do w/ auto polish? Good for him though.

You're kidding me right? Look at 99SVTGuy's posts and Extreme LXs posts, which are obviously the two ignorant ones in this thread, and the ones you're trying to defend. (why can't they do it themselves?)

Aaah. And I'm the one that won't let him state his opinion.

How 'bout this. Instead of you being their 'b1tch', let them answer themselves. (still haven't gotten an answer from neither of them to my two original questions)

Yes, Zaino must really suck, and my car is really ugly.



Next.

-J

DIE ZAINO SCUM!!!! ARRRRGHHHH!!!! TO WAR TO WAR!

haha. Extreme and I may have blasted Zaino, but billing it as the end all and be all of car polish is an equal misrepresentation. I think he mainly got flamed by going against the opinion of a few on here, rather than on the merits of his argument. Such is life.

But, remember this...if your car's paint is faded, odxidized, or pitted, then no amount of polish will be able to cure that....not even the wonderpolish everyone peddles on here.